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Privilege escalation in Nexter Extension for WordPress

Priority LOW 35CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

The Nexter Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable in all versions up to and including 4.7.11 (CWE-269). A stale administrator role left in user meta after a bulk role change can be restored to the attacker's own account because a request handler lacks a nonce or capability check. An authenticated attacker with Subscriber access or above can escalate privileges to Administrator if their account previously held that role.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

The Nexter Extension – Security, Performance, Code Snippets & Site Toolkit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.11 The vulnerability exists because the `/?reset-view` handler in `role_switcher_to_view_admin_as()` performs no nonce or capability check when the supplied username matches the authenticated caller, and because the plugin's only cleanup mechanism — the `profile_update` hook — does not fire when WordPress performs a bulk role change via `wp-admin/users.php?action=promote`, which calls `WP_User::set_role()` directly and leaves a stale `administrator` value in the `nxtext_view_admin_original_role` user meta. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or above to restore the stale stored Administrator role to their own account, effectively escalating their privileges to Administrator. Exploitation requires that the attacker's account previously held the Administrator role and used the View Admin Role Switcher feature before being demoted specifically through the bulk role-change control rather than the Edit User screen, as only the bulk path bypasses the `profile_update` hook that would otherwise have cleared the stored original role.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00281 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
posimyththemesNexter Extension – Security, Performance, Code Snippets & Site Toolkitup to 4.7.11—No fix listedCNA
  • Nexter Extension – Security, Performance, Code Snippets & Site Toolkit Vendorposimyththemes Affected up to 4.7.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Nexter Extension (Security, Performance, Code Snippets & Site Toolkit).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111114
  2. 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  3. 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-73m7-x8f9-927m
  4. 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2023-25501 WordPress The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro plugin <= 5.2.8 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-06467 The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-24458 WordPress Nexter Theme <= 2.0.3 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-07228 The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro < 5.0.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-03189 Missing authorization in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-05069 The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources